CA2611111A1 - System for running oilfield tubulars into wellbores and methods for using same - Google Patents

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CA2611111A1
CA2611111A1 CA002611111A CA2611111A CA2611111A1 CA 2611111 A1 CA2611111 A1 CA 2611111A1 CA 002611111 A CA002611111 A CA 002611111A CA 2611111 A CA2611111 A CA 2611111A CA 2611111 A1 CA2611111 A1 CA 2611111A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
    • E21B19/15—Racking of rods in horizontal position; Handling between horizontal and vertical position
    • E21B19/155—Handling between horizontal and vertical position
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/16—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/20—Combined feeding from rack and connecting, e.g. automatically
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B3/00—Rotary drilling
    • E21B3/02—Surface drives for rotary drilling
    • E21B3/022—Top drives

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Abstract

A four-cornered, open frame, connected either to a top drive or to a traveling block, has an elevator at its lower end used to support the weight of the tubular string, and has a mud tool, a stabber, a guide, a spinner, a tong, a stabbing guide and a backup tong carried by the frame. A manipulator arm picks up a horizontal tubular, manipulates the tubular to vertical, and moves the tubular into the interior of the frame, allowing the tubular to be made up in the string while the string is being lowered into the wellbore.

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1. A method for running a string of oilfield tubulars having an upper end and a lower end into and/or towards an earth wellbore, comprising:

lowering a string of oilfield tubulars into and/or towards a wellbore;

threading an oilfield tubular joint into the upper end of said string of oilfield tubulars while said string of oilfield tubulars is being lowered into and/or towards said wellbore.
2. The method according to Claim 1, wherein said oilfield tubular joint is aligned with the string of oilfield tubulars, and is stabbed, threaded and torqued into said string while said string is being lowered into and/or towards said wellbore.
3. The method according to Claim 1, including in addition thereto, the step of lowering the tubular string through a spider, located at or near the rig floor, into the wellbore.
4. The method according to Claim 3, including in addition thereto, the step of closing the spider slips to allow the spider to support the weight of the tubular string once the elevator slips are opened.
5. The method according to Claim 4, including in addition thereto, the step of opening the elevator slips, thereby transferring the weight of the tubular string to the spider.
6. The method according to Claim5, including in addition thereto, the step of elevating a second oilfield tubular joint above and aligned with said string of oilfield tubulars.
7. The method according to Claim 6, wherein said second oilfield tubular joint is stabbed, threaded and torqued into said string while said string is being lowered into and/or towards said wellbore.
8. A method for running a string of oilfield tubulars having an upper end and a lower end into and/or towards an earth wellbore, comprising:

lowering a string of oilfield tubulars into and/or towards a wellbore;

threading one end of a plurality of made-up oilfield tubular joints into the upper end of said string of oilfield tubulars while said string of oilfield tubulars is being lowered into and/or towards said wellbore.
9. The method according to Claim 8, wherein said plurality of made-up oilfield tubular joints are aligned with the string of oilfield tubulars, and are stabbed, threaded and torqued into said string while said string is being lowered into and/or towards said wellbore.
10. A system for running a string of oilfield tubulars into a wellbore, comprising:

a top drive assembly adapted to be lowered along a vertical line leading from a traveling block to a wellbore;

a frame connected to said top drive assembly, said frame transporting a joint of oilfield tubular, and also transporting equipment for aligning said joint with said string of oilfield tubulars, and for stabbing, threading and torquing said joint of tubular to said string of oilfield tubular while said frame is being lowered along said vertical line.
11. A system for running a string of oilfield tubulars into a wellbore, comprising:

a traveling block adapted to be lowered along a vertical line leading to a wellbore;

a frame connected to said traveling block, said frame transporting a joint of oilfield tubular, and also transporting equipment for aligning said joint with said string of oilfield tubulars, and for stabbing, threading and torquing said joint of tubular to said string of oilfield tubular while said frame is being lowered along said vertical line.
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